After receiving the radio for restoration I use the following process for restoration:
- Examine radio to determine what needs to be ordered:
- Speaker re-cone? Send out if needed
- New tubes? If changing from 6 volt to 12 volt, replace with 12 volt versions
- Electrolytic capacitors
- Paper capacitors
- Resistors?
- Disassemble radio
- Repair selector mechanism
- Ultrasonically clean
- Selector mechanism
- Chassis components
- Faceplate
- knobs
- Refurbish dial
- Clean
- Repaint?
- Electrolytic capacitors re-stuff
- Replace paper capacitors
- Re-stuff vibrator with Aurora Design solid state vibrator
- Replace other components
- If changing from 6 volt to 12 volt, rewind power transformer
- Assemble radio
- Adjust/align/lubricate selector mechanism
- Align radio
- IF transformers
- Oscillator capacitor
- RF capacitor
- Tuning slugs
- Apply reproduced labels as needed/available
- Pack/ship
